[WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #53 - 08/20/98

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:33:55 -0400

>
>Subject: Connecting a LW 12/640
>From: Peter Lau <pkhlau@carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
>Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:32:16 +0800
>
>
>Sorry but this may be off topic.
>
>I am currently attempting to connect a LW 12/640 onto an Ethernet network
>consisting of a mix of Power Macs and Pentium II (urgh) machines. The
>Wintel machines are using Microsoft Networking for file sharing and print
>services, however I cannot seem to be able to get these Wintel machines to
>print (via ethernet). The Power Macs can print to the printer easily, but
>the Wintel machines can't. Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Peter Lau

Yes. What is the problem? Can you see the printer in Network
neighborhood? Does it try to print and give you an error? Can you find
the printers if you use the Find command (all this on the PCs of course)
Find Computers?
     What OS are you running on the PCs? If you have NT you can print
using LPR services (add port, LPR port) and giving it an IP address and
using the proper LPR name (Unix convention).
     If uding Windoze 95/98 you can use a shareware called WLPR Spooler
to print TCP/IP to the printer. If this sounds like too much trouble you
might consider running some Appletalk stacks on your PCs (COPStalk or PC
MacLan)

Can you be more specific.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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